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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1788, 29 April 1874, Page 2

The new wharf, for the construction of which tenders are being called for by the General Government, will begin at the termination of the present protection wall and extend 800 ft down the river, to opposite Boundary street. The design is simple and effective, and very creditable to those engaged on it, and when the work is completed it will combine, the two great requirements of good wharf accommodation and thorough protection of the river bank. The wharf will be of timber, and consist of piles in sets of four across from the bank, spaced 12ft Gin between the sets longitudinally. These piles will be 50ft or 60ft in length, and of either jarrah, or ironbark — imperishable Australian timbers that experience has proved the most suitable for such purposes. Across these sets of piles, heavy braces and wallings are framed and bolted, the latter supporting the longitudinal joists to which the floor planking is fixed. These joists are spaced very closely, and are of great strength, and capable of supporting immense weight or Btrain, and when covered with the transverse four-inch planking will form a floor fit for the heaviest traffic. About every 30ft in length of . wharf a strong

plated mooring post is framed, and the whole of the front is protected from wear and tear by chafingpiles bolted on. Thejback of the fjjaraihg next the street is to be'eovered with strong timber sheeting, for a depth of 15ft, to retain the filling between the wharf and the street, and to protect it from floods. Under the wharf from" this "sheeting to the river bed, the bank will be protected by a facing of heavy stones, sloping out slightly in advance of the timbers, but not so much as to lessen in any way the available depth for vassels laying alongside. The street will be levelled and metalled to meet the timbering, and a double line of rails with points and crossings will be laid down on the floor planking. From the short interval allowed for tendering, and the limited time of one year for completion, the Government seems to be fully alive to the pressing necessity of the work.